Brooklyn Nets forward Trendon Watford has been one of the players that the Nets fanbase is interested in seeing on the floor because of his unique skillset as a big man who can run an offense. After not playing a second in any of Brooklyn’s first three games this season, Watford finally got his chance on Wednesday to show what he can do for the Nets.
In Wednesday’s 109-105 win over the Miami Heat, Watford entered the game for Ben Simmons with 4:36 left in the first quarter. From that point until he came back out of the game for 5.1 seconds left in the quarter, Watford racked up two points and two assists and just a small sample of what he was going to do over the rest of the game.
By the time that the final buzzer sounded, Watford, 22, had 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point land along with four rebounds, four assists, and one steal for a +19 in just 14 minutes of work. Watford, along with sharpshooting guard Armoni Brooks, was a huge part of a Brooklyn bench that helped the Nets come back from a 16-point deficit to stun the healthier Heat.
To hear Watford tell it, he was just trying to do what he could to help the team during his time on the floor:
“I told him (Armoni Brooks) at half time whenever we get back out there, we got to do what we did (in) the first quarter. We got in the first quarter, end up cutting the lead and end up getting some momentum. So, I just told him at half time just come out (and) be ready and whenever he called us, just make an impact. So, that’s what we did.”
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